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    SubjectRe: Porting vfork()
    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:
    > You could make it a special kind of killable - where you can _only_
    > kill it (ie only fatal signals will be serviced), and that would work.
    > I wouldn't do that until people actually start to complain. It's not a
    > security issue, as the parent _can_ be killed - you just have to kill
    > the child first.

    Somebody needs to think about: while(1){vfork();}

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    Raul

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